Furniture Cleaning

"Why do gay dudes worship Madonna?"

Probably the same reason why they love boy bands and kylie.

Haven't a clue.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 20, 2009 3:56 PM in response to Open Thread

Did anyone see that the Forte has been re-branded 230 Ashland? 2 bedrooms for under 500K. The hitch is the maintenance, higher than the clouds.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 20, 2009 3:53 PM in response to Open Thread

steiveb or giardia?

pros of giardia:
svelte in days
eventually passes

Posted by: DeLepp at November 20, 2009 10:17 AM in response to Open Thread

PV, eman has a good point though. I've never seen a vanity jammed up against a drop in tub. Design issues? Bad construction? How do you take a shower w/o the whole place being soaking wet? Doesn't seem as if there is room for framless glass dorrs or a shower curtain.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 20, 2009 9:59 AM in response to Credit for bathroom mirror

I can see having a heart attack and dying while running for the G, but to be hit by one? Almost as unlikely as dying by being hit by the B61 bus.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 20, 2009 9:54 AM in response to Friday Links

wasder, bho only has 5K to put down.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 5:24 PM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

glorified studio

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 12:50 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 150 Joralemon Street, #5F

bf, had venison last night @babbo, doesn't seem like anyone is concerned with jsf.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 12:40 PM in response to Open Thread

Concerning 585K at the CH coops, I think that would have set a record. I don't think I've seen anything else there offered over $525K. There was a 2 bedroom at 360 that was going for 575 or almost 600K in 2008, but that was in a smaller building and had more pre-war charm. maybe the sellers made an incorrect comparison.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 11:43 AM in response to Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million

snappy, that's insane for a used bed, but new, hastens bed is what I would think sleeping on a cloud would be like.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 10:37 AM in response to Open Thread

Mr B:

"The OT is not my cash cow".

Posted by: DeLepp at November 19, 2009 10:30 AM in response to Open Thread

thanks harlem, I love the baseboard heating. I think they've got buyers remorse.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:56 AM in response to Corcoran Found Negligent in Park Slope Condo Sale

rob, a phone call or a note expressing how sorry you are. Just don't go all bill clinton on her.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:43 AM in response to Open Thread

"Hiring an engineer is something different, but why should you have to hire an engineer to look at a new condo that has just received its C of O?"

Looked at a lot of new condos in old buildings/new dev and many couldn't hang the gd bathroom cabinent straight.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:41 AM in response to Corcoran Found Negligent in Park Slope Condo Sale

Plus the other contruction defects worth 880K. If they did spend $400 on an inspection then I would hope they're named in the suit as well.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:28 AM in response to Corcoran Found Negligent in Park Slope Condo Sale

I wonder if the couple got an engineers report before they brought the place. If the agents couldn't show the place in the rain, do you think and engineer would have caught something?

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:22 AM in response to Corcoran Found Negligent in Park Slope Condo Sale

880K to fix the construction defects? That's probably double the budget to rehab this wreck to begin with.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:20 AM in response to Corcoran Found Negligent in Park Slope Condo Sale

I think East of Classon is Bedstuy. The Clinton Hill border is quite fluid to re agents. That being said there a quite a few eaterys in Clinton Hill, more neighborhood like. Not a mob scene like billybug. The 38 bus to Dekalb to catch the B or Q express is pretty quick.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 17, 2009 9:17 AM in response to Williamsburg or Clinton Hill

c-gar, just picture hugh jackman's face on one of the bedbugs.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 16, 2009 5:10 PM in response to Open Thread

dh, indeed, she has all the appeal of a tumor. Mystifying.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 16, 2009 1:03 PM in response to Open Thread

heather, it was an old warehouse. The renovation was interesting, but odd. Kitchen sinks were the smallest I ever saw.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 16, 2009 10:48 AM in response to Goldstein Offered Less Than What He Paid for Condo

dibs, doubtful the AY plan sisn't become public till about a year after people closed.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 16, 2009 9:30 AM in response to Goldstein Offered Less Than What He Paid for Condo

Too much. I looked at that place myself, though I would have made a fortune when ratner was paying people to leave the place itself had lots of issues, like no heat or hot water.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 16, 2009 9:20 AM in response to Goldstein Offered Less Than What He Paid for Condo

That house explains why royalty doesn't get divorced. 21K square feet leaves lots of room for shennigans to go unnoticed.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 12, 2009 2:26 PM in response to Open Thread

"If Congress steers through the Great Recession without responding to the thousand points of pain among average Americans, people will see them for what they are in bottom-line terms: an insulated club. Proof, just recently, came from a Center for Responsive Politics report that 237 members of Congress — 44 percent — are millionaires, compared to just 1 percent for the country as whole.

In theory, there’s nothing wrong with a Congress stuffed with people who don’t have to buy health care on the open market, or worry about meeting a mortgage payment. But in practice, it’s a prescription for misrepresentation. And though Congress is now trying to curb Wall Street excess, the reform effort seems headed for K Street strangulation."

From Egan of NYtimes. I doubt 44% of Wall Street are millionaires.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 12, 2009 12:22 PM in response to Open Thread

MM, will see what I can manage. A neighbor is friendly with some folks over there, he's one of the carpenters/performers for the hallowen extravaganza.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 12, 2009 11:39 AM in response to Walkabout: MW Morris- the Commissions Cometh

MM, as always terrific info. The woodwork at 315 Clinton in the hallways is sensational. A 2-bedroom was recently for sale there for 699K.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 12, 2009 10:37 AM in response to Walkabout: MW Morris- the Commissions Cometh

No chocolate either! No butter on the spuds! Do you at least have salt on the rim of a marguerita?

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 5:22 PM in response to Open Thread

snappy, you don't like gravy? That's the whole purpose of thanksgiving day. Blanche on the golden girls loves grazy as a beverage.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 5:13 PM in response to Open Thread

porbably more germs on your office phone then the loo.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:48 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #8O

With a wig, mink stole and fireplace dust I come close enough. Plus I used to stutter which sounded just like her stammering.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:46 PM in response to Open Thread

If dressing in drag can help Guliani, maybe my aunt clara pictures can get me a congressional job with a cadillac pension/health care plan.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:38 PM in response to Open Thread

biff, ding ding ding! There is not one reason to bother entering.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:36 PM in response to Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene

I'm not sure how 1100 sq feet was calculated unless it's including part of hall way, lobby and some air outside the windows. The width of apt is 27 feet, that means it would need to be 40 feet in length.

That being said you can entertain in a 15x15 space, but why would you pay $770K for that pleasure?

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:34 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #8O

As for target in brooklyn, it's their highest grossing store per square foot in the nation. There is no reason to hire good people or fill the shelves.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 2:23 PM in response to Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene

Teeny tiny klda. Like all the windows though.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 12:59 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 110 Livingston Street, #8O

c-gar, it's without the benefit of booze. Hope the dog gets better.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 11:54 AM in response to Open Thread

dibs, but I think with bloomy not appearing as strong as he may have been kelley will have trouble going back to the stop and searches.

if kids get caught with guns, both child and parent should be held responsible and suffer the consequences.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 9:22 AM in response to Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene

bg, but he's right. If this can happen there what hope is there for farther east on Fulton which doesn't have all the foot traffic.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 11, 2009 9:16 AM in response to Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene

snaps, yep, quite odd. He had quite the booty when he bent over. Lots of eye contact among the other passengers after that.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 10, 2009 11:06 AM in response to Open Thread

Had an OT lurker moment on N train Friday night, some guy got on at canal, sniffed his seat and then sat down.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 10, 2009 10:59 AM in response to Open Thread

dibs, that's is why I avoid the A at all costs. Have had more altercations on that train with people who think their name is on the outside.

The only good moment is when someone got on once, their gun dropped and skidded across the floor. All looked up and then went back to their reading.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 10, 2009 10:45 AM in response to Open Thread

I want to get a tweet from somebody about as much as want getting their std.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 9, 2009 12:07 PM in response to The Flea In Tweets

stevieb, i think the majority of arms credated centered on CA, AZ and FL. Their minds are fried by the sun.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 3:12 PM in response to Open Thread

yes, getting all that tax money back from the govt has led me to the brink.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 3:03 PM in response to Open Thread

What a delightful house. That porch is made for cocktails, not too far off ground so no injuries.

And those top floor windows, perfect for peering out of.

good luck!

Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 11:26 AM in response to The Albemarle Renovation Blog Launches!

Kerik has great entertainment value. Kooky Kerik and razzing rudy.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 9:26 AM in response to New Kosciuszko Bridge Won't Come Cheap

That is lovely and if we manage to see it completed before I'm retired I'll assume Guliani became Gov and managed to clean up albany.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 9:14 AM in response to New Kosciuszko Bridge Won't Come Cheap

religion, ugh, I think I'll do some work.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 5, 2009 3:30 PM in response to Open Thread

Loo on parlour floor, check
Room for senior in garden apt, check
I actually like the brick wall here, usually don't.
All in all lovely.

Though not sure about the $2800 for the garden apt, seems a little high for these times.

Posted by: DeLepp at November 5, 2009 2:08 PM in response to House of the Day: 119 Fort Greene Place